Theme and Variations

Aural Assignment 01

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Listen to the music as many times as you need to.

There is a Theme (T) and five variations (1 - 5) in this piece.

(Do not tell the students, yet, that the music is Theme and Variations by Schumann.)

Hear a MIDI file of the Music  (Not perfect but the best I've got time to do)

 

1	There are 4 beats in each bar. Is the speed of the music Lento, Moderato or Allegro?
2	The music is in a minor key except for which variation? (Careful with your numbering)
3	What word describes the texture of the theme?
4	Give a suitable name to the section heard after the 5th variation.
5	Which variation uses triplets?
6	In which variation is the theme heard in the left hand?
7	Listen to the harmony of variation 1. When compared to the harmony of the theme is it (a) totally different; (b) significantly different; (c) similar; (d) the same?
8	In which variation is the theme heard in an inner part?
9	What kind of grace notes can you hear in the section after variation 5?
10	Match each of these 4 descriptions with the correct 4 variations. (i) Very soft; (ii) cantabile; (iii) hymn-like; (iv) the left hand contains some parallel 3rds.
11	From which period of musical history does this music come? Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern.

 

YOUR ANSWERS

 

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